The Architect Page #4

to suit your needs.

- And our budget.

- Well, yes,

that's one of your needs.

But beyond budget,

you have other needs...

Your hopes, your dreams.

I need to learn those things.

My process begins with a period

of intense communication.

I need to find out

who you are, deep down.

What are your eating habits,

your bathing habits,

your sleeping habits,

and privacy needs?

The more open you are,

the more input

I have to work with.

Important consideration...

Will the family grow

and change over time?

- On a practical side,

you know, we can't just think

about what appeals

to Colin and Drew.

We've got to think

about the resale value.

You know, most people

don't stay in a house

for more than 7 years.

- What?

That's crazy.

- It's true. Look it up.

- Really?

- Again, the assumption

is that innovative architecture

must not only be expensive

but impractical.

I find the opposite is true.

- He's odd.

- I like him.

I'm tired, honey.

I rode 34 miles today.

I just kind of want

to relax, you know?

- We have to have sex

to make a baby.

- Well, can you... can you add

a little more pressure

to the situation?

I got a full plate at work.

We just made a huge

investment in this house.

Now we have to build

a whole new one.

He makes me uncomfortable.

He's too much of an "artist."

What if we don't like

what he comes up with?

- He's an amazingly

creative person.

He has fresh ideas

that we would never think of.

Why can't you be more supportive

of his creativity?

- Because it's all ego

and vanity... that's why.

And I'm telling you...

That's going to show up

in added cost.

- He just...

He thinks differently.

I wish I could get

inside his head for just a day.

I like the chemistry between us.

- Oh, chemistry.

Drew, we have got

to think practically here.

What if we want to sell

in a few years?

You do not want to be

upside down on a mortgage.

- Why are you talking

about selling

when we haven't even

built it yet?

Why?

- You know, and I don't like

the idea of separate interviews.

What if we contradict

each other?

If I wanted to talk to somebody

about my feelings,

I'd hire a therapist,

not an architect.

- Maybe you should.

- Hey, you know whose

an architect?

Elizabeth's brother-in-law.

We should call him.

- No.

- This was a spec house

in Renton.

We were supposed to do

three others,

but the developer went broke,

and the bank foreclosed.

Here's a car wash in Everett.

That was a good project.

- What makes a good project?

- When you get paid on time.

Uh, this client wanted

a French chateau,

so we did

an authentic reproduction.

Elizabeth sends her regards.

- Well, I now have

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